Submit to awesome-selfhosted
The best-known curated list of free software network services and web apps that can be self-hosted, published as a website and GitHub list. Inclusion puts a project in front of the self-hosting community with links to its site and source.
awesome-selfhosted at a glance
- Pricing
- Free
- No price details on their site when we checked.
- Link type
- Dofollow
- https://awesome-selfhosted.net/ entries link to project sites and repos (e.g. https://www.accent.reviews/) with no rel attribute (checked 2026-09-23)
- Review
- Manual review
- Link back required
- No
- Account required
- Yes
- Domain Rating
- DR53
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs, checked Sep 24, 2026. A score of the whole site’s backlinks, not a Google metric.
- Tranco rank
- #569,531
- Research top-sites ranking. Lower is more popular.
- Who browses it
- Self-hosters and sysadmins choosing open source software to run themselves
- Last checked
How to submit to awesome-selfhosted
Open the awesome-selfhosted submission page
This is the page makers use to add a product.
Create an account
awesome-selfhosted asks you to sign up before you can submit.
Have your assets ready
Name, tagline, description, logo and screenshots. The checklist below covers what to prepare so you can fill the form in one go.
Fill in the form carefully
Pick the most specific category the form offers and write the description for the people who browse awesome-selfhosted (Self-hosters and sysadmins choosing open source software to run themselves), not for search engines.
Wait for review
A person reviews submissions, so it can take a while. Once it’s live, check the link on your listing points to the right page.
Tips for awesome-selfhosted
- The project's first release must be more than four months old and it must be actively maintained
- Working installation instructions are required
- Entries are YAML files in the awesome-selfhosted-data repo, not edits to the README
- Maintainers require a human-written submission; they explicitly reject LLM/agent-generated PRs
From awesome-selfhosted’s own guidelines and pages, in our words.
What to prepare
The basics every directory asks for, plus what matters most for open-source directories.
- Product name and a one-line tagline (about 60 characters)
- A short description (1–2 sentences) and a longer one (a short paragraph)
- Square logo, at least 256×256 px, PNG or SVG
- 2–3 screenshots at a consistent size
- The exact page you want the link to point to
- Pricing model (free, freemium or paid) and a contact email
- Repo URL and the exact license name (e.g. MIT, AGPL-3.0)
- A README with install steps and a screenshot or example
- A one-line description in the list’s own format
- Whether there is a hosted or paid version alongside the open-source one
Is awesome-selfhosted worth it?
Good for your SEO foundation
awesome-selfhosted reviews listings by hand and the listing link we inspected was followed. That combination is what makes a directory link worth having for a new site.
- Domain Rating by Ahrefs: 53 (strong). That's the strength of links to the whole site, not a promise about what your listing passes on.
- Tranco rank #569,531: a smaller site, near the end of the top 1 million.
- A person reviews submissions, so expect a wait and a real quality bar.
- Free to list, so the only cost is your time.
This verdict is worked out from the facts above with fixed rules (link type, review, price, Domain Rating by Ahrefs, Tranco rank), not paid for. The directory has no say in it.
Questions about awesome-selfhosted
Is awesome-selfhosted free?
Yes. Listing on awesome-selfhosted is free. We checked on Sep 23, 2026.
Does awesome-selfhosted give a dofollow link?
Yes. The listing link we inspected was a followed (dofollow) link. Evidence: https://awesome-selfhosted.net/ entries link to project sites and repos (e.g. https://www.accent.reviews/) with no rel attribute (checked 2026-09-23).
How do I submit to awesome-selfhosted?
Submit at https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted-data/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md. You need an account first. A person reviews each submission before it goes live. Tip: The project's first release must be more than four months old and it must be actively maintained.
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Sources
The pages we opened on Sep 23, 2026 to write this page.